Edustange

I did this a month ago. This time I managed to flip from a perceiving type to a judgmental person. Perceiving people are flexible, like to keep their options open and think randomly. They like to act spontaneously and are adaptable. Perceivers like to keep things open ended. Judging people like order, organization and think sequentially. They like to have things planned and settled. Judging people seek closure. (My Personality, 2010)

So much depends on a sunny day, a good night’s sleep, and a clean desk at work. You can be more sure about some things than others I am afraid and like a photograph, these tests seem to capture a moment. That is why we look for trends before we generalize. Competent administrators evaluate their subordinates over time and not on a single visit.

This principle of evaluation contributes to my concerns over our increasing reliance on assessment instruments in public education today. We can all compile a list of significant variables and factors that can have an impact on our students results, yet our decisions lean heavily on each discrete test. My grade 3-4 team recently did a reading assessment with our four classrooms. Our plan is to establish differentiated reading groups across all four. I think our reorganization will be based on a number of interdependent factors, but I suspect the results of our recent assessment will weigh heavily on our decision-making. The quantification of the counted beans leave us more comfortable than the intuitive assessment over time.